Fall 2007

Office of the Secretary-Treasurer Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 Phone: 215-573-1246 Fax: 215-573-2112 e-mail: [email protected] Executive Committee Members, 2007-08 Members at Large Councilors Alternate Councilors Barry Snider, Chair Kevin Burgess Michael P. Doyle Kay M. Brummond Kathy Parker, Past-Chair Franklin A. Davis Scott Rynchnovsky Mark D. Distefano Robert Volkmann, Chair-Elect Kelly George Barry B. Snider Paul L.Feldman Gary Molander, Secretary/Treasurer Molly E. Hoke Christopher J. Welch Robert J. McMahon William Greenlee, Program Chair Marisa C. Kozlowski Scott McN. Sieburth, Program Chair Elect Cynthia A. Maryanoff P. Andrew Evans, NOS Exec. Officer 2007 Peter G.M. Wuts Mukund Sibi, NOS Exec. Officer 2009

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You are invited to attend National meetings of the ACS and present contributed papers (oral or poster). Instructions for submission of papers are near the end of this letter in the section entitled "Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster." Please read them carefully. Submissions should arrive by the indicated deadline for each meeting, which is published in the membership newsletter and C&E News (January and July) and posted on the ACS Website: http://www.chemcenter.org/. Members also are encouraged to submit brief proposals to the National Program Chair for contributed symposia at future National ACS meetings. Contact: William Greenlee, Vice President, CNS&CV Chemical Research, Schering-Plough Research Institute, 2015 Galloping Hill Road, Kenilworth, NJ 07033, Tel: (908) 740-2220, Fax: (908) 740-7164, Email: [email protected]

Edward Leete Award Winner Jeremiah Johnson, Schering Plough Fellow We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2007 Nicholas J. Turro, Faculty Advisor Edward Leete Award is Michael P. Doyle of the Univ. Barbara Jane Morgan, University of Pennsylvania Maryland at College Park. This award recognizes his Organic Syntheses Fellow outstanding contributions to teaching and research in Organic Marisa C. Kozlowski, Faculty Advisor Chemistry. He was honored by the Division at the 234th ACS Kay A. Morris, Texas A&M University National Meeting in Boston, MA. Eli Lilly Fellow

2007-8 Div. of Organic Chemistry Graduate Fellowships Daniel Romo, Faculty Advisor Jaclyn M. Murphy, University of Illinois at Urbana Graduate fellowships in the amount of $24,000 each have Organic Syntheses, Nelson J. Leonard Fellow been awarded to: John F. Hartwig, Faculty Advisor Aaron Edward Albers, University of California, Berkeley Andrea Lindsay Nold, Scripps Research Institute Troyansky Fellowship GlaxoSmithKline Fellow Christopher Chang, Faculty Advisor K. C. Nicolaou, Faculty Advisor Brian M. Andresen, Stanford University Troy E. Reynolds, Northwestern University Wyeth Fellow Bristol-Myers Squibb Fellow Justin Du Bois, Faculty Advisor Karl Scheidt, Faculty Advisor Keith Michael Gligorich, Clinton R. South, Georgia Institute of Technology Sanofi-Aventis Fellow Novartis Fellow Matthew S. Sigman, Faculty Advisor Marcus Weck, Faculty Advisor Vincent Lavallo, University of California, Riverside Benjamin Robert Taft, University of California, Santa Barbara Pfizer Fellow Boehringer Ingelheim Fellow Guy Bertrand, Faculty Advisor Bruce H. Lipshutz, Faculty Advisor

1 Nicole S. White, University of California, Irvine 234th ACS National Meeting Organic Reactions Fellow Boston, August 19, 2007 Larry E. Overman, Faculty Advisor Arthur C. Cope Award for outstanding achievement in Stephan J. Zuend, the field of organic chemistry to Professor Jean Frechet, Hoffman La-Roche Fellow UC Berkeley. Eric N. Jacobsen, Faculty Advisor Arthur C. Cope Scholar Awards Information about 2008-2009 fellowships will be available Guillermo Bazan, UC, Santa Barbara at http://organicdivision.org/fellowships.html André Charette, University of Montreal Janis Louie, University of Utah Awards Symposia Leonard MacGillivray, University of Iowa David MacMillan, Princeton University 233rd ACS National Meeting, James Marshall, University of Virginia Chicago IL, March 25, 2007 Kenneth Shea, UC, Irvine David Tirrell, CalTech ACS Award for Creative Research and Applications of Iodine James Tour, Rice University Chemistry sponsored by SQM, S.A., to Professor Peter J. Stang, University of Utah. Yoshinori Yamamoto, Tohoku University, Japan

ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis Chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Co. Inc. to Professor James Fraser Stoddart, UC, Los Angeles S. V. Ley, University of Cambridge. Technical Achievements in Organic Chemistry ACS Award in Organometallic Chemistry, sponsored by The Charles Alt, Eli Lilly (Indianapolis) Dow Chemical Company Foundation to Professor D. Milstein, Charles Clark, Bristol-Myers Squibb (Hopewell) Weismann Institute. Kevin Curran, Wyeth (Pearl River) ACS Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution Kevin Dack, Pfizer (Kent UK) sponsored by Research Corporation to Professor Cheryl D. Mark Embrey, Merck (West Point) Stevenson, Illinois State University. Andy Freeman, GlaxoSmithKline (Triangle Park) Matthew Graneto, Pfizer (Chesterfield) Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution John Miller, GlaxoSmithKline (Triangle Park) in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator sponsored by Pfizer to Professor M. J. Krische, University of Texas. Michael Staszek, Eli Lilly (Indianapolis) Biqi Wu, Wyeth (Pearl River) Ernest Guenther Award in Chemistry of Natural Products sponsored by Givaudan to Professor D. L. Boger, Scripps Call for Nominations Research Institute. The 2008 Technical Achievement in Organic Chemistry Herbert C. Brown Award for Creative Research in Synthetic Awards nomination deadline is December 31st 2007. For Methods sponsored by the Purdue Borane Research Fund and the more information: http://www.organicdivision.org Herbert C. Brown Award Endowment to Professor D. A. Evans, Harvard University. 2008 Paul G. Gassman Distinguished Service Award

Nakanishi Prize sponsored by Nakanishi Prize Endowment to Purpose: To recognize outstanding service to the organic Professor H -W. Liu, University of Texas. chemistry community.

Ralph F. Hirschmann Award in Peptide Chemistry sponsored by Merck to Professor S. H. Gellman, University of Wisconsin, Nature: The award consists of $3,000 and a plaque. The award Madison. will be presented no more than biennially at the Fall executive committee dinner in even-numbered years. The upcoming National Fresenius Award sponsored by Phi Lambda Upsilon to award presentation will be in New Orleans during the Professor Phil S. Baran, Scripps Research Institute. 235thACS Meeting, April 6-10, 2008. Travel expenses to attend the national meeting will also be provided. Nobel Laureate Signature Award for Graduate Education in Chemistry sponsored by Mallinckrodt Baker Inc. to Anirban Establishment: The Award was established in 1994. The Banerjee, and Professor Gregory L. Verdine, Harvard University. Award was endowed by the Midwest Pharmaceutical Process

Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry Consortium with a supporting contribution from the Chemistry sponsored by the Breslow Endowment to Professor F. Division of Organic Chemistry. Diederich, ETH Zurich. Rules of Eligibility: Nominees must be long standing members of the Organic Division of the American Chemical Society who, through their contributions to the organic chemical community in the United States, have significantly enhanced the welfare of its members. Contributions to the 2 American Chemical Society and/or the Organic Chemistry Notes to authors who wish to submit a paper for an ACS Division, including significant accomplishments in the meeting in one of the Organic Division Sponsored sessions: management and function of the ACS that impact the environment of organic chemistry, leadership and innovation 1. Please record your ID# and Password (in left upper corner). in the Division, and conspicuous service on behalf of organic Use these to re-access your abstract if you submit your chemists are appropriate considerations. abstract in more than one session or need to edit it. This will help avoid duplicate submissions and simplify Nominations should emphasize the nominee's service communications. contributions. Five copies of the nomination document, supporting materials, and seconding letters (up to five) should 2. The graphics appear much clearer in the book of abstracts if be sent to: Dr. Gary Molander, Secretary/Treasurer, Division of images are submitted as a .gif file saved directly from the Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19104-6323. drawing program, and it is suggested that you draw the Deadline: All nominations must be received by April 1, 2008 structure 4 times larger than you normally would before saving it as a gif file. Important Notices 3. The title is to be in lower case except for the first word in Election Ballots are enclosed. Please follow the directions carefully the title, the first word after a colon and proper names or in order for your vote to be valid. Please use a number 2 Pencil to acronyms. completely fill in the corresponding boxes. The results of each ballot shall be determined by those votes returned (envelope provided) to the Secretary-Treasurer’s office: Dr. Gary A. Molander, 4. Please check that authors from the same institution have the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Chemistry, 231 South 34th same address to avoid redundant addresses in the abstract. Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323 by November 12, 2007. Please There is a radiobutton as new authors are added to simplify the note under the bylaws for the Division of Organic Chemistry, process. Affiliates do not have voting privileges. 5. If multiple papers are being submitted please indicate this in The 2007 Nominating Committee Report. Please see the the comments so that scheduling conflicts can be avoided. information provided on each candidate in the insert.

The Organic Division provides up to $1500 for support of 6. Double check that the oral/poster radiobutton and session Cope Scholar and organic related symposia at regional agree with the format of the presentation to avoid confusion. meetings. More information about the program can be found on the Division's website. http://organicdivision.org/support.html 7. Please read the instructions to authors before submitting abstracts. This will save you and the organizers time and effort

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Current and back issues of Organic Reactions are available. Membership For forms see: http://www.organicdivision.org/orgreact.html Join over 18,000 fellow scientists bound by a strong interest Information for Submission of a Paper or Poster at an in Organic Chemistry. Maintain current awareness in your ACS meeting in an Organic Division Session profession. Elevate your professional profile - become a member of the Organic Division! Call for Papers for the 235th ACS National Meeting To join the Division of Organic Chemistry download the Date/Location: New Orleans, April 2008 application: Abstracts Due Online: October 26th 2007 http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html.D Submit abstracts using the Online Abstract Submittal System OC=divisions\index.html (OASYS) at http://oasys.acs.org/ Extended abstracts are no longer required. Benefits of Membership

If you do not have web access contact Dr. William Greenlee 1) You will receive an annual Newsletter, with information ([email protected]), program chair, before the posted deadline. See http://www.organicdivision.org/meetings.html about divisional and joint programs at National ACS Meetings, invitation to present papers/posters at these William Greenlee, Program Chair meetings, deadlines for paper submissions, and other meetings Schering-Plough Research Institute of interest. 2015 Galloping Hill Road Kenilworth, NJ 07033 2) You will enjoy gratis copies of flexicover annual editions Tel: (908) 740-2220, Fax: (908) 740-7164 of Organic Syntheses, courtesy of Organic Syntheses, Inc. Email: [email protected]

3 3) The ACS has stopping producing abstract books and the Process Chemistry, organized by Ahmed F. Abdel-Magid, J&J blue book of ORGN abstracts “Separates” that was mailed to Pharm. R&D. each division member twice a year. Abstracts can be now searched in OASYS. Fullerene Fragments and Carbon Nanotubes, organized by Lawrence T. Scott, Boston College.

“Separates” of ORGN abstracts from 2006 to the present are Advances in the Organic Synthesis/Biosynthesis of Materials still available to Division members as PDF files that can be Through the Field of Ionic Liquids, organized by Sanjay V. downloaded. To access these you will need to go to the ACS Malhotra, NJIT. page (http://www.chemistry.org now, but this will change shortly with the new ACS web page) and log in. If you do not Other Organic Chemistry Meetings have an account you can easily create one. You will need your ACS membership number, which is printed in the upper NOS 2009 left hand corner of your C&EN label. When you log in, you will see a link to web pages for all the technical divisions that The 40th National Organic Chemistry Symposium was an you belong to. Clicking on Organic Division will lead you to outstanding success. The meeting attracted more than 900 an ACS web page from which Separates can be downloaded attendees with 350 poster presenters to Duke University. The as PDF files. Separates are only accessible to division attendees enjoyed a distinguished roster of speakers presenting members and only through the ACS login system, not to the cutting-edge research from the diverse areas of Organic public from the division web page http://organicdivision.org Chemistry in the tradition of this venerable meeting. As part of a commitment to support wider participation in these We are currently working to distribute other valuable online events, The Division of Organic Chemistry sponsored close to information to our members through the ACS login system. 60 travel awards for faculty and undergraduate students to attend the meeting. The 41st National Organic Chemistry 4) Competitive travel awards in the amount of $600 are Symposium will be at the University of Colorado in Boulder, available to graduate students and faculty at predominantly Colorado from June 7-11, 2009. For further information on the undergraduate institutions to present papers at National ACS meeting and the availability of travel grants to attend, please meetings. See http://organicdivision.org/travel_awards.html. visit http://nos2009.colorado.edu/ after October 1.

32nd Reaction Mechanisms Conference 5) Through the process of nomination, you can participate in June 25-28, 2008 selection of speakers at the National Organic Symposia. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill www.chem.unc.edu 6) Through yearly input by nomination, you can assist in selecting the Officers of the Division. XXII IUPAC Symposium on Photochemistry July 28 - August 1, 2008 7) By further individual or group involvement, you can Goteborg, Sweden contribute to enhancing the stature of the field of organic http://photoscience.la.asu.edu/Goteborg2008/ chemistry within and outside of the ACS. 10th International Symposium on Organic Free Radicals ACS Sponsored Meetings (ISOFR 10) and 3rd Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry (PSRC 3) For information about attending the National meeting see the August 3-9, 2008 ACS meeting web site at: http://www.acs.org/meetings Heron Island, Australia www.freeradical.org.au The 235th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, April 6-8, New Orleans, LA World Association of Theoretical and Computational Contributed Symposia: Chemists, WATOC 2008 September 14-19, 2008 Novel Fluorophores, organized by Uwe Bunz, Georgia Institute of Sydney, Australia Technology. www.watoc2008.com/ The 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, August 17-21, Philadelphia, PA RSS News Feeds:

Contributed Symposia: ACS and the Division of Organic Chemistry have RSS (Really Simple Syndication) news feeds for ASAP journal article Young Academic and Young Industrial Investigators Symposia abstracts and news related to the division. You can learn more will be held during the 2008 Fall ACS Meeting. Information on the about this technology by visiting speaker nomination process will be available on the DOC website. http://organicdivision.org/DOC_RSS.html

Chemical Biology, organized by Carolyn Bertozzi, UC, Berkeley.

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